Cuba: challenges and opportunities for UK higher education engagement

​From
16-21 March 2017, a delegation of three Cuban Ministry of Higher Education and
university officials met with UK universities, UK government, and education
sector agencies. The overarching aim of the visit was to identify the level of
interest in, and scope of opportunities for, new partnerships between Cuban and
UK higher education sectors.

This visit report opens with a summary of Cuban higher
education, including the social and economic framework under which it operates,
before providing a brief overview of the visit. It closes with an overview of
current funding opportunities available for UK higher education institutions
wishing to engage with Cuba.

News

Vivienne Stern, Director of Universities UK International, has today (Tuesday 12 February) called on the government to lower the proposed salary requirement for EEA workers to gain a high-skilled work visa; to £21,000.

Universities UK has launched a national #SupportStudyAbroad campaign asking the UK government to commit to continue funding study abroad opportunities for UK students, even if the UK cannot negotiate continued participation in the Erasmus+ programme.